Intro to Biological Evolution

what did Charles Darwin observe in finch populations of the Galapagos Islands off the coast of South America?

• different species on different islands
• all species on one of the islands
• identical species on all the islands
• the same species as North America

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Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?

• Charles Darwin
• Albert Einstein
• Steven Hawking
• Isaac Newton

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When every organism of a species has died.

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Extinction
• Artificial Selection

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Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

• Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.
• Because they come from dominant alleles.
• Because they come from recessive alleles.
• Because the trait is an acquired phenotype.

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Any variation that can help a species survive in a given environment is called...

• an adapatation
• a characteristic
• a homologous structure
• a vestigial structure

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What is the definition of mutation?

• A random change in the genes of an organism
• Natural Breeding
• Natural Selection 
• Breeding two animals to create a new one

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What is this an example of?

• diversity of species
• variation
• vestigial structures
• DNA studies

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A mutation causes a new fur color variation to appear in a mouse population. In which of the situations described below would the new fur color become more common than the old color in the mouse population?

• A. If plenty of food is available in the mouse habitat.

• A. If the new fur color gene is a recessive allele.

• If the amount of reproduction in the mouse population stays the same.

• A. If the new fur color gene is helpful in the survival of mice and their offspring.

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Scientist, farmers, and ranchers breed the organisms that have the genes they are wanting. Which process are they using?

• Natural Selection 
• Cellular Respiration 
• Artificial Selection "Selective Breeding"
• Homeostasis

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Natural Selection = Nature made
Artificial Selection = Man made 

• True
• False

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